A Double Decline of Marriage and Religiosity: Why Does It Matter?

OWEN BREWER/ZUMA Press/Newscom Analysts at a recent forum on the downward trends in marriage and religion in the United States agree that the two are not isolated phenomena but, in fact, influence and exacerbate one another. Brad Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project, has shown that family dissolution is linked to a further erosion […]

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Obama’s Insurance “Fix” is Unconstitutional

Outlets are quoting Democratic operative Howard Dean saying of President Barack Obama suspending certain Obamacare requirements, “I wonder if he has the legal authority to do this.” To remove all doubt: The Take Care Clause of the Constitution absolutely forbids any president from doing exactly what Obama did Thursday. Obama said he would allow insurance companies […]

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Disapproval of Obamacare Growing

(CNSNews.com) – Fifty-five percent of Americans say they disapprove of President Obama’s signature health care law, up from 47 percent who disapproved of it just a few weeks ago, in late October. Approval numbers also dipped in Gallup’s Nov. 7-10 poll: Only 40 percent said they like the law, down from 44 percent in late […]

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It’s a Trap!

By: Erick Erickson  |  November 13th, 2013 at 09:41 AM Republicans are walking into a trap and they don’t even realize it. They are about to consider, in the House of Representatives, legislation by Congressman Upton that would allow people to keep their insurance plans. There’s a problem though. It is widely acknowledged that Congressman […]

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Senator Mike Lee: Time to Rethink the War on Poverty

Progressives sometimes accuse conservatives of not caring about the poor. But it’s liberal policies that deepen, prolong, and institutionalize poverty. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) made this important clarification at a Heritage Foundation forum on Capitol Hill today when he said, “1964 wasn’t the year Americans started fighting poverty; it was the year we started losing […]

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